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Michael Westcombe's avatar

Now, THIS is a poem! Lovely to have such a thing arrive in my inbox - thank you.

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Michael R. Burch's avatar

A very nice poem. It reminds me a bit of "The Darkling Thrush" by Thomas Hardy. I wonder if the word "to" is missing from this line: "But e'en as I listened the mock-bird's song." I did some research and found a version with "to" at the Schiller Institute:

https://archive.schillerinstitute.com/fidelio_archive/1997/fidv06n04-1997Wi/fidv06n04-1997Wi_037-the_reawakening_of_classical_met.pdf

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